The State of the Great Lakes

Gorton Community Center 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States

The Great Lakes hold 84% of North America’s fresh water, they are an essential component of life in the United States and Canada. The Great Lakes support 48 million people with drinking water and provide over $60 billion in wages annually. However, as fresh water sources in other parts of the country begin to dry […]

$30.00

Sewing Challenge: T-Shirt Bags with Green Minds!

Gorton Community Center 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States

Join us for a t-shirt to bag program hosted by Green Minds LFLB on April 5th, 4pm – 6pm at Gorton to celebrate Earth Month! Come and sew t-shirts into reusable produce bags.  The bags will be donated to a farm on America’s largest food desert.  You can also make a bag (or 2!) for […]

Free

Film Screening: Last Man Fishing

Gorton Community Center 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States

Green Minds LFLB is proud to announce we are cohosting the Illinois Premiere of the documentary Last Man Fishing @lastmanfishing with @elawafarm And @gortoncommunitycenter. Come meet the Director JD Schuyler and Exec producer Nicolaas Mink on Jan 12th 1 pm- and perhaps even meet a real Alaskan Fisherman or a member of the award winning […]

Youth Unstoppable

Gorton Community Center 400 E. Illinois Road, Lake Forest, IL, United States

THIS SERIES IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE JANNOTTA FAMILY THROUGH THE GORTON PRODUCER PROGRAM At age 15, filmmaker Slater Jewell-Kemker began attending environmental summits, camera in hand, wide-eyed and ready to make a difference. What began as a single journey evolved into an intimate and challenging documentary shot behind the front lines of the largely […]

$10